The integration of the Blood Moon territory into the Northern Winter Court was not a matter of simply planting a flag and declaring victory; it was a grueling, monumental undertaking that required the total deconstruction of a broken society.
For three weeks, the heavy, suffocating humidity of the South was continuously driven back by the unnatural, localized winter front generated by the presence of the Frost Guard. The ruined, ash-covered village surrounding the packhouse was a hive of relentless activity. The towering Lycan warriors, bred for war and survival in the harshest climates on earth, proved to be equally unmatched in their capacity to build. Working side-by-side with the completely bewildered southern wolves, they cleared the rubble of the rogue attack, erected massive stone
